See the best in Budapest
You’ll struggle to find anyone who has been to Budapest and has a bad word to say about the Hungarian capital. Everyone has tips and advice of where to go […]
Tag: culture
Mexico City: Trying to break away from a reputation
“You’re going to Mexico City?!” a friend gasped after I excitedly told him about my next planned trip. “Do you want to get killed?!” he exclaimed. He had just come […]
Cuba – Stepping out of the tourist spots
HAVANA seems to be the place to be right now but when planning my Cuba trip I knew I wanted to stay out of the typical touristy spots after leaving the […]
The Cuban recipe: Rum, cigars and salsa
“You’re not a real Cuban if you can’t dance” someone said to me on my first day. And after two weeks on the island I knew exactly what he meant. […]
Taj Mahal: I have this thing with the Taj
I’M NOT sure when exactly my fascination with the Taj Mahal began but my love for it has been a strange one, considering I had never visited it. There was just […]
Delhi rules are made to be broken
CONSTANT traffic and horn beeping are synonymous with India’s big cities and Delhi in particular. But it soon becomes like a constant ring in your ear and you become almost oblivious […]
The return to India 20 years on
EXCUSE the awful, frizzy hair and gigantic glasses but this is just proof of how long it has been since I last went to India. My first and last visit […]
Marrakech: Prepare to get lost
GETTING lost in Marrakech is pretty much guaranteed. Road signs are limited, signposts to attractions aren’t always correct and every map you look at is different. From the outset our […]
Inca Trail: An unforgettable experience
NERVOUS, excited and apprehensive of what the Inca Trail would bring, I had waited for this moment for weeks. I had spent ages thinking about what to pack and how […]
Lake Titicaca: Floating reed islands and staying with locals
LAKE Titicaca (or the lake of the black puma) is incredibly massive. It is split between Bolivia and Peru and its islands are home to thousands of people. Our fun […]